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Bill Bennett can scarcely walk into an airport or restaurant these days without an admirer's stopping to scold him about his refusal to run for President. He sometimes responds, only half jokingly, that he would have to give up too much influence. As Education Secretary for President Reagan and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME 25: THEY RANGE IN AGE FROM 31 TO 67 | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

The most lyrical--but also the most politically acerbic--of the Ashcan artists was Sloan. A fervent admirer of the social vision of French lithographers, especially Gavarni and Daumier, he kept his satire for the illustrations he did for The Masses and other left-wing magazines. His painted world was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ART: THE EPIC OF THE CITY | 2/19/1996 | See Source »

Certainly the plot of "The Marriage of Figaro" requires a tongue-in-cheek approach; on paper, it is the kind of convoluted intrigue that gives opera a bad name. Figaro (Brian Saccente), valet to the Count Almaviva (Josh Benaim), is about to marry his sweetheart Susanna (Sarita Cannon), but the...

Author: By Adam Kirsch, | Title: Dunster Triumphs in Marriage of Figaro | 2/15/1996 | See Source »

Inhabiting Toshi's heart and soul with absolute conviction, Brown shows us how Americans might look to a confused admirer, with their "blue-tinged complexions," their "crayon-colored eyes," their habit of wishing on everything, even "when breaking dried chicken bones." In effect, he turns the usual "The Japanese are...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BOOKS: AMERICA, FROM RIGHT TO LEFT | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

AS A GREAT ADMIRER OF THE U.S. JUDICIAL system, I encouraged my children to watch the Simpson trial so they would get an idea of how the system functions. After seeing Simpson's Dream Team of defense attorneys in action, I am not so sure it was a good idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Nov. 6, 1995 | 11/6/1995 | See Source »

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